A remarkable thing has been happening in the Catholic Church in the United States over the past few years: growth,” Rachel Lu wrote in her feature in America’s May 2026 issue. In her piece covering ...
The night of the Easter vigil is meant to feel dramatic: a dark church, a single flame, the slow spread of light. This year, that sense of movement didn’t end when Mass did. Across the country, ...
Governor Al Smith was a four-term governor of the state of New York and Democratic candidate for president in 1928.